Posted on 06/12/2022 1:42:18 AM PDT by blam
Disruptions to US food supply chains could worsen if the Teamsters Warehouse Division and several Teamster locals walk off the job at foodservice distribution centers throughout the East Coast because of unresolved labor contracts.
Teamsters released a statement revealing contract negotiations with US Foods are souring, and they “put the foodservice giant on notice that work stoppages are imminent.” This means that unresolved work contract negotiations between the labor union and the foodservice distributor could result in a strike that may disrupt the flow of food products to tens of thousands of restaurants.
Teamsters point out US Foods is under investigation by the National Labor Relations Board for allegations of unfair labor practices, including terminations, unilaterally changing working conditions, and bargaining in bad faith with union representatives.
“US Foods executives seem more interested in how they can violate the rights of their essential employees than they do in offering them a fair return on their work. My members have patiently tried to work in good faith to negotiate an agreement, but they’ve had enough,” said Todd Robertson, President of Teamsters Local 171 in Salem, Virginia.
Robertson said drivers at one of US Foods distribution centers have been trying to negotiate a fair contract for nearly a year and have yet to make progress. Workers are getting fed up, which may result in the possibility of a strike.
“Unfair labor practices and unsettled contracts are not the way to thank your essential workers.
“Local leaders across the country have told me their members have had it with the way US Foods treats them,” said Tom Erickson, Teamsters International Vice President and Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division.
For some context about how serious a strike of drivers and warehouse employees at US Foods would be, we must understand the company has 28,000 employees and more than 70 locations across the country and delivers food products to approximately 300,000 restaurants.
“We aren’t going to be afraid to strike,” said Sean M. O’Brien, Teamsters General President.
As if restaurants didn’t have enough problems during the lockdown, then getting staff, food and fuel prices going up. And now this.
Look for the union label! Then don’t buy it.
Cloward-Piven being implemented as we speak. Crash the system with the hopes of ushering in the socialist revolution.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/cloward-piven-and-the-fundamental-transformation-of-america
Though US Foods wasn’t acquired by Sysco, it isn’t independent. The company was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. KKR, -3.99% in 2007.
Those two firms own 98.6% of the company and continue to hold the majority of voting power after the IPO.
I realize this is an old article, but really good. It explains Biden’s actions, which appear to be a bumbling idiot on the surface, but are strategic.
Per the article:
“The stimulus bill was written in large part by the Apollo Alliance, whose alumni include Van Jones. In New York, the Apollo Alliance is headed by Weather Underground co-founder, Jeff Jones, partner to Bill Ayers in the radical terrorist group and in whose living room Barack Obama launched his political career in Chicago.”
Listening to Beck back in the tea party days taught me about this strategy.
Smart guy.
I have heard about the Cloward-Piven strategy for years, crash the system to usher in socialism, at times it appears this is going to happen, I warn those pushing this strategy, be careful what you wish for, crashing the system could usher in socialism, it could also usher in something for them that would be far worse, a resurgence of the right.
We are on the verge of Roe v. Wade getting struck down, the Supreme Court could rule to expand gun rights, we have a number of young conservative leaders like Ron DeSantis, etc..
The point is, it’s not certain that socialism would be the result of collapsing the system.
“I have heard about the Cloward-Piven strategy for years, crash the system to usher in socialism, at times it appears this is going to happen”
I remind myself continuously that the strategy is a hypothetical strategy. Will C-P work? Hypothetically yes, and yet it has never been tested and proofed?
Well I guess most restaurants are going out of business then... Look for fast food on a plate at a franchise near you!
I wonder if the two realize that putting pressure on urban areas and Suburban areas is putting pressure on Democrats for the most part. Democrats will start seeing some Realization (gotta listen to Johnny Rivers today)...
I sort of boast about the fact that during the recession of 72 I was in college on a 10-speed and I didn’t really even notice it... But what I forget to recall is how bicycles are laboriously hard to ride around on all the damn time.
Communists coordinating with plutocrats to crush America.
Doesn’t matter what we call the war against Americans, we are targeted for repression and elimination. That is what this “labor” dispute is about, nothing more than the frequent arsons of food related venues, etc.
Our side gets hung up on Socratic discussions which are pointless.
I haven’t eaten out at a restaurant for almost a year. I only eat at them when I’m traveling out of the area. I live in a shitty little city, that offers very little when it comes to restaurants. Anything like Red Robin is an hour away. There aren’t many offerings in the larger city a half-hour away either, and I’m not driving those distances just to eat out. We have one Applebee’s, that I never go to, and some private Italian restaurants/pizza shops, a Moe’s, a Taco Bell, and one or two other Mexican restaurants...stuff I don’t eat. The rest are fast-food chains, and I don’t eat their food either. If I get anything, it’s a chocolate shake from Arby’s. That’s the only thing they have that’s any good.
Trying to squeeze milk from a dry cow. It inflation circle of destruction in full swing.
Now our congresscritters prepared to make no sacrifices during the inflationapalooza, they gave themselves a 21% percent pay increase off the backs of the suffering people. And most don’t even know they did it. Helluva deal!
The fallacy of C-P strategy like most academic theories is they always discount the inevitable unintended consequences and pushback from the opposing side.
They assume that everyone will just fall in line and willingly accept socialism and any pushback will be minor and can be shut down and discarded.
They could be right but I would expect significant push back and open defiance from a significant portion of the population.
Two points here:
1-Labor unions are a scourge on society.
2-That “feel-good” period with truckers in America is about to take a nose dive if they shut down the food supply. I respect truckers, but they do this, I’ll put them right up there with the rest of the socialists and communists trying to destroy America. From 100 to 0% respect in a second.
Teamsters looking pretty well-fed these days.
This is what makes Labor Unions so endearing.
Marxist Unions finally see victory against America in their sights. Their beloved communism is in the air.
Unions!
Kicking you when you’re down!
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